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remainder

/rɪˈmeɪndə/

/rɪˈmeɪndər/

remaindernoun

remainders

/rɪˈmeɪndə/

/rɪˈmeɪndər/

Translations

остаток

The remainder of the cake was left on the table.

Остаток торта остался на столе.

остаток

After dividing 10 by 3, the remainder is 1.

После деления 10 на 3 остаток равен 1.

Additional translations

остаток от деления

оставшаяся часть

Definitions

The part of something that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, or destroyed.

After dividing the cake among the guests, there was only a small remainder left.

In mathematics, the amount left over after division when one number does not divide the other exactly.

When 10 is divided by 3, the remainder is 1.

Law: A future interest in property that becomes possessory after the expiration of a prior estate.

The grandson held a remainder that would vest upon his grandmother’s death.

Publishing: The unsold copies of a book that are offered for sale at a reduced price.

I bought a remainder of last year’s bestseller for only two dollars.

Synonyms

remainderadjective

/rɪˈmeɪndə/

/rɪˈmeɪndər/

Used attributively to modify a noun with the sense ‘remaining’.

Definitions

Remaining; left over; used before a noun.

In the expansion, the remainder term becomes negligible for large values of n.

Relating to unsold copies of a book offered at a reduced price.

The bookstore held a remainder sale to clear out its excess inventory.

Synonyms

remainderverb

remaindered

Past Simple

remaindered

Past Participle

remaindering

Gerund

Publishing term meaning ‘to dispose of unsold copies (of a book) at a reduced price’, typically used in the passive.

Definitions

To dispose of the remaining unsold copies of (a book), usually at a reduced price.

The publisher remaindered the novel after sluggish sales.

Synonyms

dispose of

liquidate

discount

mark down

clear out

sell off

be left